A Devotional Thought From Joshua

And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.     Joshua 14:10

                An 85-year-old man named Caleb, still full of strength, and hope, and expectation, stands before Joshua. He has survived the 40 year journey in the wilderness, as has Joshua, everyone else from the original group of people who were delivered from Egypt by God has passed away, and now their children and grandchildren make up the people of Israel. But nonetheless there stands Caleb, and his testimony is clear and powerful: the LORD hath kept me alive!

                Caleb speaks for all of us. God has given us life, we are in His hands, and He has kept us alive until this very moment. To quote the Apostle Paul: …in him we live, and move, and have our being…  (Acts 17:28).